Somali pirates seize Danish-owned ship: US Navy

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Somali pirates seized a Danish-owned and US-flagged ship off Somalia on Wednesday with 20 American crew on board, the US Navy and the shipowner said, in the sixth maritime hijacking in five days

Somali pirates capture Florent Lemaçon and family

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Ship carrying 20 Americans hijacked off Somalia

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IMB Weekly Piracy Report now a live report

The International Maritime Bureau has replaced their weekly piracy reports with a live update feed of when and where a pirate attack has taken place.
Example Below:

02.04.2009: 1300 UTC: Posn: 13:51.1N – 051:14.2E, Gulf of Aden.

Two speed boats, blue and white in colour, with 3 or 4 persons onboard approached a bulk carrier underway at over 20 knots. The speed boats came as close as 0.40 nm. The Master sounded the general alarm and whistle. An Indian warship was informed. Two helicopters from Japan and India responded and the pirates aborted their attempt on sighting the helicopters.

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Beating Somali Pirates at Their Own Game

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